Digital introduces Alta Vista, the most advanced
information search and indexing technology available for the Web.
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Corel bought the desktop publishing program Ventura
Publisher.
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HTML version 3.
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Java is first released for free downloading from
the Internet. Java is a Web-oriented procedural programming language
first developed by James Gosling of Sun Microsystems.
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Navigator 2.0 and Internet Explorer 2.0 browser
programs for Internet with Java support.
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The first macro virus is found in a Word document.
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Oracle launches Power Builder - a Rapid Application
Development tool (RAD).
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Astound Studio 2.0 presentation program for Windows.
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Corel Print House graphics package.
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Lotus Smart Suite 3.1
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Novell NetWare 4 a network operating system.
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Cyrix announces M1 processor. It runs at 120 MHz,
has 3.3 million transistors and 0.6 micron technology.
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AMD K5 processor. Runs at 75 MHz, has 4.1 million
transistors and 0.35 micron technology.
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AMD acquires the NexGen.
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Hewlett-Packard put on the market the first Sure
Store CD-Writer called 4020i.
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Zip external disc drive from Iomega with 100 MB
diskettes will sell over 2 million in one year.
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Sony entered into the video game console market
with its PlayStation video game console, the first 32-bit CD-ROM
based system to hit the streets.
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Intel releases the first Pentium Overdrive processor
for 486 systems.
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Intel Pentium 120 is the first processor to be built
using 0.35 micron technology.
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Intel introduces Intel 82430Fx (Triton) chip-set
support for Pentium.
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In October Power PC 620 processor designed for high-end
users. It has 64-bit address bus, 128-bit data bus, 7 million transistors,
0.35 micron technology, and will run Mac, NT, AIX, Solaris, OS/2
and NetWare operating systems.
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In November Intel launched the 6-th generation of
processors called Pentium Pro (P6) at 150 and 180 MHz.
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Hard Disk drives shipments for 1995 topped 86.6
million. Quantum holds 22.3 % on the market followed by Seagate
with 19.3%, Western Digital 14.2%, and Conner 13.5%.
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There are 67 million CD-ROM drives installed worldwide.
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Intergraph own 93% of the GIS market (Geographic
Information Systems).
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54% of worldwide printer unit-shipments in 1995
were inkjet and 23% were laser.
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Software companies for 1995:
1.Microsoft,
2.Novell,
3.IBM,
4.Oracle,
5.Autodesk.
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Operating Systems market (1995):
Windows 3.x = 52 %,
Windows '95 = 22 %,
DOS = 6 %,
Unix = 2 %,
Windows NT = 1 %,
others = 17 %.
Windows '95 has sold 7 million copies in first two months following
its release.
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PC vendors in the US market for 1995:
1.Compaq,
2.Packard Bell,
3.Apple,
4.IBM,
5.Gateway,
6.Dell Computers,
7.Hewlett-Packard,
8.Acer America,
9.Toshiba,
10.AST Research.
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There are over 14 million Internet users worldwide
and 100,000 web sites.
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37% of the US households have a computer.
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